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I relished every one of the dozen or so NCAA tournaments I covered for the Crimson. My first was an NCAA softball regional in Oklahoma my freshman year, courtesy of one athletic department subsidy that I’m forever thankful for. The energy you feel at these championships is...
But regardless of strategy, opening up space in the MAC will require the varsity wrestling, fencing, water polo and volleyball teams to move across the river to join the other varsity sports. Such an option would entail significant alteration to the current athletic facilities already there.
Amidst the river Houses lies a five-story “athletic center,” but the building’s competing responsibilities pit varsity and recreational athletes against each other.
Built in 1930 as the “Indoor Athletic Building,” the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) was designed in a time when working out was not as central a part of undergraduates’ daily lives.
College administrators, including Illingworth and Lewis, are adamant that undergraduate resources should not be pushed across the river and past the athletic fields. They cite safety concerns and logistical scheduling challenges.